Cleaner for gage and water-glass cocks.



A. C. HINCKLEY. CLEANER POR GAGE AND WATER GLASS COCKS.

I Patented July 29, 1913.

APPLIGATION FILED JAN.21,1913.

] wueuto (Alfio/Lung 50 i' shell of a boiler provided with a threaded ern'ifusrus c. Hamam, for OAKLAND man, cALIronNIA. CLEANER Foa GAGE 'AND' waren-erase cocks.

'fspecication of Letters Patent.

appneanonaied January 21, 191s. serial No. 743,384.

To all whom i mag/concern.'

Be it known that I, AUGUSTUS. C. HINCK- LEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oakland Pier, in the county ofv Alameda and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cleaners for #Gage and Water-Glass Cocks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates'to improvements in gage.' cock and waten glass cock cleaners and has particular application to a device of. the class described which Jforms, ineffect, a' part of the gage cock.

In carrying out the present invention, it is my purpose to provide a gage cock and Water glass cock cleaner which will be op-- erative under all conditions and whereby the gage cock may' be cleaned of scale,

Aat all` times.

Furthermore, it is my intention to pro- -vide a gage cock' and water glass cock cleaner which will embrace the desired features of simplicity, elciencyand durability coupled with cheapness of cost in manufacture and marketing and which may be readily applied to the gage cock and quickly manipulated.

'With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parte here* inafter set forth in and falling Within the scope .of the claims.

In the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 is a view in` elevation of a gage cockv equipped with my present invention, parts being shown'in section. Fig. 2 is a' perspective view of the cleaner remoyed from the gage cock.

Referring now to the accompanying drawing in detail, A indicates a `portion of the aperture, as usual,`through which is passed gitudinal bore a' gage cock indicated as an 'entirety by theletter B.' In the present'instance, thls gage cock comprisesV a body l having a lon- 2 formed therein and pro- Vits opposite end with a v bore 2 at 9, the stem 10 may be videdat.4 one end with la threaded. extension 3 designed to engage the threads in4 the wall of the opening'in the boiler shell and at packing nut. 4 alining axially with the bore 2 and receiving the stem 5 ofa valve 6 adapted to engage a seat 7V formed in the wall of Vthe bore 2,. while extending laterally from the body is a nipple 8 in open communication with the and adapted to receive one'end of a water glass as usual. with some suitable form of operating device such, -for instance, as a hand wheel 9 and isl formed with a longitudinal bore 10I axially alining with the bore 2 in the body 1, the valve stem being' also -formed with a `'point beyond the valve seat 7n :tn-enlarged threaded portion 11 designed to threadedly engage the inner wall of the The stem 5 is equipped body 1. By Amanipulating the hand wheel' rotated and, owingto the' threaded enlarged portion 11 thereof engaging'the inner wall of the body 1, the valvewill be moved to open or closed poshank. a In order lthat the gage cock may be cleaned without necessitating disassembling of the parts thereof or blowing. outI the boiler, I employ a cleaner composed, in the present instance, of an elongated shank 12 '80, sition according to the movement of the v disposed within the bores l0 andi2 in the valve s tem and the body of the gage cock respectively and formed at one end with a cutter or scraperblade 13 adapted to be manipulated withinthe bore 2 of the body 1 between the valve seat and the free end of the extension 3.- The opposite end of the shank 12 extends outwardlyof the bore 10 'and is formed with an eye le encircling the interconnecting member of a substantially U-shaped. handle 151l having the free extremities of the limbs thereof bent to form anchorJ hooks 16 designed to engage the spokes of the hand wheel 9 so as to movement of the cleaner.

prevent accidental" loo , From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing,

the construction, Inode vof operation and manner of employing'my` invention will b e readily apparent. "Assu1nmg theparts to be assembled as shown in Fig. 1 and it is de= sired to clean the gage cock, the handle 15 of the cleaner is manipulated to release the' V11o. V anchor hooks 16 from 'the spokes of then:

hand wheel thereby permitting the shank 12 l and the scraper or cutter 13 carried by the free end thereof to be reciproc-ated back and forth and rotated Within the respective portioi. Aof the bore 2 whereby scale, sediment and other foreign matter will be removed .from the Walls of the bore.

It will be seen that the cleaner forms in effect a permanent part of the gage cock and may be actuated to clean the cock at any time irrespective of the condition of the gage cock.

While I have herein shown 'and described one preferred form of my invention by way of illustration, I dsire to have itunderprising Va shank mounted Within said bores and adapted to be reciproca-ted and rotated therein, a scraper at one end of said shank, a manipulating handle at the opposite end of said shank, and means carred-by 4said handle and adapted to engage the manipulatin g member of th valve stem to Vhold the cleaner against accidental movement.

The eombination with a gage cock including a body' and :i valTn stem formed with axially alining bores, of a cleaner slidably mounted within said bores and adapted to be reciproeated 'aid rotated therein, and a Substantially U-shape'd handle at the outer end of said cleaner und provided with .anchor hooks adapted to engage the manipulating member of the valve stem to hold the cleaner against accidental movement.

In testimony whereof I aflx my signature in presence of two witnesses. Y

AUGUSTUS C. IIINUKLEY.

Witnesses-r ERNEST Ilmvnmcns` NorviNenn, JAMES EVERETT PARISH.

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